Raisin-seeder.



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F. J. DEL CORRAL.

HAISIN SEEDER.

(Application filed Dec. 31, 1897.)

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No. 699,494. v Patencd May 6, i902.

F. J. DEL CORRAL.

RAISIN SEEDER.

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FRANCISCO JACINTO DEL CORRAL, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA ASSIGNO'R TOTHE ENTERPRISE MANUFACTURING COMPANY OF PENNSYLVANIA, OF PHILADELPHIA,PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORA-p` 4 TION OF PENNSYLVANIA.

RAISIN-SEEDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 699,494, dated May 6,1902.

Application filed December 3l, 1897. Serial No. 665,022. (No model.)

To all whom, Z3 may 0071/007071.:

Be it known that I, FRANCIsCo JACINTO DEL CORRAL, a citizen of theUnited States, residing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have inventedcertain Improvements in Raisin-Seed ers, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to certain improvements in raisin-seeders in whichthe raisins to be seeded are passed between two rolls, one roll ofyielding material and the other having projections, so that theprojections force the seeds from the meat of the raisins.

My invention relates to the mechanism for feeding the raisins to thisclass of mechanism, so that the raisins will be presented in givenquantities to the seeding mechanism.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure lis a sectional elevation of aseeding-machine made in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is asectional plan View. Fig. 3 is a deiached view of the feeding-roll, andFig. 4 is a detached view of the agitating-shaft.

A is the frame of the machine,having bean ings for the two rolls B andD. The roll B in the present instance is made up of a series of tootheddisks properly spaced, while the roll D has a yielding face of rubber inthe present instance. The roll D is mounted on a slide D and can beadjusted from and toward the roll B.

a is a chute for the meat of the raisin, and ct' is a blade for removingthe seeds from the face of the roller B. The meat is moved from the rollB by means of blades Z).

The mechanism described forms no part of my invention and is covered bya separate application for Letters Patent.

E is a hopper in which the raisins to be seeded are placed inquantities. This hopper at its lower end is shaped as shown in Fig. land has an outlet e at one side. The bottom of the hopper extends downpast the opening and under the carrier and to a point directly above theroll D. The extension is curved, as shown, so that it will conform tothe carrier. lNithin the lower portion of the hopper is a shaft F,having staggered arms f, and this shaft is rotated so that the arms willbreak up the clinging masses of raisins that are placed in the hopper.At the mouth of the hopper is a revolving carrier G, having ribs gextending the full width of the carrier, and these ribs form pockets ofa sufficient depth to hold a series of raisins side by side, but are notdeep enough to hold two layers of raisins one above the other. Thecarrier revolves in the direction indicated by the arrow, Fig. 1,lifting the raisins up, so that the surplus raisins will fall back, andin the event of the carrier picking up more than one layer of raisins abrush H is provided, which eX- tends across the carrier and so adjustedthat in its rotation in the direction of its arrow it will vremove thesurplus raisins from the carrier, thus leaving a single row of raisinsin each groove of the carrier, and as the carrier turns a single row ofraisins will fall into the space between the rolls, and as they passthrough the rolls they will be seeded. This prevents the mangling of theraisins when seeded in quantities. The front plate e' of the chute Ebetween the carrier and the rolls is in the present instance madedetachable and has lugs e2, adapted to pins e3 on the casing, so thatthe plate can be readily removed, so that access may be had to the spaceE.

The shaft Bis the main driving-shaft, having fast and loose pulleys, andthis shaft is geared to the carrier-shaft by means of gearwheelssoproportioned that the carrier will feed practically a continuousstream of raisins to the seeding -mechanism. The brush and the breakershaft F are also driven through the gearing from the carrier-shaft.

I claim as my invention- 1. The combination in a raisin-seeder, of ahopper, agitating mechanism comprising a shaft with a series of armslocated therein, a rotating carrier mounted at the mouth of the hopper,the inclined bottomplate ofthe hopper being curved so as to extend underthe carrier and in close proximity thereto, said carrier havinglongitudinal grooves for the reception of the raisins, a brush servingto remove the surplus raisins from the carrier mounted above and inclose proximity thercto, means for rotating the brush the carrier andthe agitating mechanism simultaneously, with seeding mechanism arrangedbelow the carrier to which the raisins are fed, said mechanismcomprising a seeding-roll driven with the rest of the mechanism andayielding pressureroller engaging the seeding-roller and receiving itsmovement from the same, said pressure-roller being adjustable from andtoward the seeding-roll.

2. The combination in a raisin-seeder, of the toothed or serratedseeding-roll, a yielding pressure-roller in engagement with theseeding-roll and adjustable from and toward the same, a frame in whichsaid rolls are mounted, a hopper having an inclined bottom with a curvedextension connected thereto also carried by the frame, an outlet in thefront of the hopper at the bottom leading to the seeding mechanism, alongitudinally-grooved carrier mounted in bearings in the frame andarranged Within the hopper above said opening and adjacent to the curvedextension of the bottom plate, a detachable front plate extending fromthe seeding-roll to a point in front of the carrier, said plate formingwith the extension of the hopper-bottom a chute, a rotatingclearing-brush mounted above the grooved carrier, a shaft withprojecting fingers mounted within the hopper and serving to separate theraisins placed therein, and means for driving the agitating mechanismcarrier brush and seeding roll simultaneously, so that the raisins maybe fed continuously to the seeding mechanism, the pressure-roller beingdriven by its engagement with the seeding-roll and being adjustable fromand toward the same to operato upon raisins of different size.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

FRANCISCO JACINTO DEL CORRAL.

Witnesses:

WILL. A. BARR, Jos. H. KLEIN.

